T61p does boot up gives 3 beeps but will boot up if I take out and put back in the hard drive.

Five days ago my T61p did not boot up and gave three beeps, (one long and two short?). I searched for this online and read that it could mean either the memory and or the motherboard was bad. The laptop is out of waranty
1. I took out the hard drive to see if I could savage it and my desktop was able to access it and it passed a virus check.
2. Today, I reinstalled the hard drive to take the computer to the shop and it booted normally.
3. I rebooted it and ran Lenova's system diagnostic tests. Everything passed except for the CDR\DVR\CD burner.
4. After I finished the tests, it did not boot up and gave the three beeps again.
5. I took out the hard drive and after about a half hour reinstalled it and it booted up normally. I am writing this thread using the laptop.
Does anyone have any idea WTH is going on and possible solutions to fix it? After it did not boot up last Thursday, I started shopping for another laptop. It would be great to keep this one if I can.

T61p > nVidia GPU > check the condition of the most likely culprit first.
Furmark and Freestone are your friends, but they might be your motherboard's executioner as well.
Proceed with caution and good luck.
Cheers,
George
In daily use: R60F, R500F, T61, T410
Collecting dust: T60
Enjoying retirement: A31p, T42p,
Non-ThinkPads: Panasonic CF-31 & CF-52, HP 8760W
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